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Guidelines for re-posting stories
Should you factcheck a Twitter post before you re-tweet? Should you verify that every Facebook post is correct before you pass it on to your friends and followers? The CAJ Ethics Committee has created guidelines for sharing stories via social media... More»
Protection of sources
CAJThe CAJ Ethics Committee on protection of sources, including: is it ever acceptable to reveal a source? How far should reporters go to protect a source? How should these principals be applied in law?  More»
Ethics 2.0 - dos and don'ts of social media
Do you fact-check all your retweets? Do you publish rumours, or gossip? Is it OK to have an opinion in your personal blog? These were just a few of the ethical questions raised during a CAJ workshop titled “Ethics 2.0: The dos and don’ts of social media." The discussion, led by journalism professor and J-Source Ethics editor Ivor Shapiro and Vancouver Sun managing editor Kirk LaPointe, looked at the problems -- and potential opportunities -- that arise when journalists use social media to communicate.  More»
Codes of ethics
Canadian Association of JournalistsMany journalism organizations offer ethics guidelines, including the Canadian Association of Journalists, which has both a general statement of principles and ethical guidelines and specific guidelines for investigative journalism.

The CAJ's U.S. equivalent, the Society of Professional Journalists, has an enviably concise and clear code, and many major news organizations provide  guidelines for editorial staff, though not all these documents are available to the public. Of special interest may be the ethics guidelines of The Canadian Press and The New York Times Company.

None of these codes is intended as, or useful as, a rule book for every occasion. Lists of guidelines may help in clarifying some widely accepted norms of practice, but journalists' work calls for frequent decisions of individual and collective conscience which often involve balancing conflicting values and analyzing complex situations. Still, as Stephen J.A. Ward has suggested, codes can, if incorporated into newsroom discussions, inform moral reasoning and promote public accountability.
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Not worth a life, but...
News BlackoutsA CAJ ethics report on news blackouts has spotlighted mixed feelings about the idea and practice of holding back information about kidnappings. But, as Christine Dobby reports, the report offers guidance on factors to consider when a blackout request comes along. More»
Membership of the CAJ Ethics Committee

Canadian Association of JournalistsThe current membership of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists is:

Ivor Shapiro (chair), Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of the School of Journalism at Ryerson University.

Marc-François Bernier, Research Chair in Communication of the Canadian Francophonie specializing in journalism ethics at the University of Ottawa.

Bert Bruser, lawyer, heads the media law group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto.

Tim Currie, Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax.

Kathy English, Public Editor at the Toronto Star.

Ethan Faber, Managing Editor at CTV British Columbia in Vancouver and a broadcast journalism instructor at the BC Institute of Technology.

Kirk LaPointe, Managing Editor of the Vancouver Sun since 2003 and an Executive in Residence and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia.

Rod Link, Publisher and Editor of The Terrace Standard, the weekly newspaper serving Terrace and area in northwestern British Columbia.

Linden MacIntyre, TV documentary journalist and co-host of CBC-TV's the fifth estate since 1990.

Connie Monk, Program Head of Broadcast Journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

Ross Perigoe, Associate Professor and Faculty Advisor, Department of Journalism, Concordia University.

Ken Regan, General Manager of the CKUA Radio Network.

Julian Sher, documentary writer and director, author of five international best-selling books, and a past president of the CAJ.

Shauna Snow-Capparelli, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Mount Royal University.

Ellen van Wageningen, business/news editor for The Windsor Star, where she has worked as a reporter and editor since 1990.

Stephen J. A. Ward, Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Scott White, Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Press.

Sadia Zaman, Executive Director, Women in Film and Television-Toronto.

Research assistants: Christine Dobby and Gustavo Vieira, Master of Journalism candidates, Ryerson University.

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